Cocky? Yes. Accurate? Yes.Rolling Stone: Early next year, the Pumpkins will begin recording what Corgan calls a "long-ranging concept album." Without a label, Corgan says he's entertaining all options for the album's release, including putting out the songs in batches online. In the meantime, a new single, "G.L.O.W.," is featured on Guitar Hero World Tour. So does Corgan play the game? "You don't play Guitar Hero if you are a guitar hero."

Thursday, October 16, 2008

This past Friday night on October 10, Erin Hamilton shook the Factory Nightclub in West Hollywood with two LIVE shows. She hit Ultra Suede first and then the main room for Popstarz with an exposive performance featuring her high energy dancers. Singing her most recent #1 Billboard Hits - "The Flame" and "Control Yourself" as well as former megahits such as "Dreamweaver" and "I've Got the Music in Me," Ms. Hamilton filled the rooms with her big heart & soul and of course her booming stellar voice.

In the audience were a few special VIP guests such as celebrity blogger Perez Hilton, VH1's "A Shot at Love" star Tila Tequilla and FOX's "The Simple Life" actress and singer Natalie Reid.

Nick is a talented guy. This should be fun. How many of us would love to rerecord our favorite albums? Good for him..........ProgRock Records:A Nashville-based recording engineer/producer and a Los Angeles-based performer have teamed up to create a unique twist on a classic Genesis album. This fall, Nick D'Virgilio of Spock's Beard fame and engineer/producer Mark Hornsby are re-recording the Genesis classic: The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway, in it's entirety. Produced at Java Jive Studio in Nashville, the album features some of Music City’s best musicians, taking the songs in a whole new direction. "We wanted to see what would happen if we exposed the songs to a different climate of musicians," says D'Virgilio, "The early Genesis recordings are so musical and very bluesy when you get right down to it. They really lend themselves to some different interpretations." Although all of the original elements of the songs are still included such as drums, bass, guitar and piano, the recordings now take on a more "theatrical" vibe. This, coupled with orchestra, rock guitars, and some fantastic horn arrangements, the songs now enter an entirely different place. "We had talked about doing something like this for awhile," says Hornsby, "With the recent attention our version of The Colony of Slippermen received, and the re-release of the original album in 5.1, the time seemed right to see what we could come up with."

After a tumultuous five-year stint in Velvet Revolver, Scott Weiland finally gets to let loose on his new solo album. “There’s no rules,” he says. “I don’t have to worry about radio playing it.” He also doesn’t have to worry about the approval of Slash, Duff and Matt Sorum — which has given him the room to craft a two-disc album about his volatile relationship with his wife, Mary. In 2001, he was arrested for domestic violence, and in 2007, she was arrested for torching $10,000 worth of his clothing — just hours after the two were kicked out of a hotel for brawling in a room. “I liken it to [Marvin Gaye’s] ‘I Met a Little Girl,’ ” Weiland says. “It chronicles our life.”Weiland has been working on the project in spurts over the past decade with his longtime creative partner, Doug Grean, who co-wrote and produced the album. The guys from No Doubt co-wrote the power-pop cut “Paralysis,” which is the possible first single. “Missing Cleveland” is a nostalgic look at Weiland’s hometown, set to Bowie-style glam rock. Other tunes range from banjo-laced country rock (”She’s So Cold”) to neo-Beach Boys pop (”Somedays”).“It may turn off some STP fans,” he says of the CD. “That’s just the way it is. At my age, I just do what I wanna do. There’s art and there’s commerce, and I’ve already accomplished the commerce part of my career.”